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Stories about strange, annoying and even scary moments in our lives: domestic violence, the madness of tick-tockers and their audience, the demands of society on girls and much more.

Vitya, Egoy and Beck open a poker club at home to earn money quickly. Playing the bigwigs of the underground business seems funny to them at first. But the "funny thing" quickly ends when one of the clients demonstrates the crust of an OBEP employee and confronts the guys with the fact that they are now "partners", otherwise they will have to go to jail. Now they are forced to expand their illegal business, which is turning from a single poker table in an ordinary apartment building into an underground gaming empire.

Half-brothers Yura, Ruslan, and Pyotr form a close family with their mother Flora. In 1995 Russia, greed and violence threaten their bond as they navigate underground clubs, fights, and the collapse of their once-secure world.

Lyudmila is the firm's best lawyer and the worst mentor in the world. Therefore, when Artyom, an ambitious newcomer, becomes her assistant, both have a hard time. Together they unravel a variety of cases, choosing every day between conscience and a stable fee.

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team.

One winter day and one night in the lives of thirty-year-old friends, former classmates. They must overcome everyday difficulties to meet and see off Sasha, who is leaving Moscow for an extended period.

By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team at the upcoming World Cup where Streltsov is to face the great Brazilian football player Pelé. However, two days before the departure of the team, the sportsman’s enemies manage to destroy his career. When the door to big sport seems to be closed for good, Streltsov has to re-enter the field and prove that he is a true champion who is worth everybody’s love.

Anna, a sociology student from a prosperous family, must pass her internship and goes outside to conduct a study, during which it is necessary to find out how modern Russians see their future.

The grand constant flow of life

Slava is a girl who is used to living with emotions, her actions are impulsive and unpredictable. On New Year's Eve, she makes a wish that her husband Valya will become a cool startup in Silicon Valley, and she is "just" a superwoman who will save the world. But time passes, and the miracle does not happen, and Slava, having collected things, leaves her husband. However, the wish made becomes fatal: everything starts to work out for Valya, and Slava continues to live with the expectation that the world will revolve around her.

Vanya, a young scientist, has spent all his life in a satellite town next to one of the biggest nuclear stations. Just like his parents, Vanya works at the nuclear station, but only because his girlfriend, Tanya, also works in the facility. When the ambitious Tanya decides to end their relationship, Vanya must find his resolve and steer himself to true love.

Three short stories about Faith, Hope and Love. Three time periods of our country through the eyes of one firm. Three stories about people who tried to run their business against the background of changes in Russia.

Rehab (rehabilitation center) is a place where, with the help of specialized specialists, they get rid of harmful habits. Desperate, the mother takes the Hero to a rehabilitation center. Instead of specialists, there are charlatans, their methods are punitive medicine and brainwashing. Here, all communication is considered toxic, friendship is not welcome, and the social rating can be raised by listening in and knocking on each other. The hero decides to leave this place by all means.